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[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the dressing room, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 23/53
Purpose
[6] Design for a chimneypiece for the dressing room, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a chimneypiece, with fluted pilaster stiles, and a lining ornamented with laurel leaf tips, and with oval medallions containing winged putti in the capitals, flanking a frieze ornamented with urns supported by volutes ornamented with rosettes and calyx, and alternating with anthemia
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Chimney Piece for the Dressing Room for The Revd. Mr. Dovey.
Signed and dated
- 08/02/1774
Adelphi / 8t. Febry 1774.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (387 x 291)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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